I've read the book The Princess Diaries, and in that one they simply cut her already straight hair and dye it blonde. I think in the movie, they wanted something that would be very dramatic. The huge curly hair at the beginning was likely a wig, since I believe Anne's hair is naturally straight.

That said, I remember being very annoyed with that, since I was roughly Mia's age when the film came out and had really come to terms with my curls at last.

Connected or not, later that year I got my hair chemically straightened (NEVER again).

What's ironic for the film, though, is that they make two very good points: the first is that they straighten her hair to make her more Princess-like, but Mia fights her "transformation" all the way through. It's made clear that they're kind of trying to make her seem less unique. The other is that the boy she ends up with loved her when her hair was curly, and I think liked her more when she was "just Mia" as opposed to Princess Mia.

So the curls aren't a deterrant for love, and the only person who really finds her "acceptable" afterwards is the jerk.

Connected or not, later that year I got my hair chemically straightened (NEVER again).

Originally Posted by viklane

I've had my hair chemically straightened as well. I will also NEVER do that again! It fried my hair. It also didn't even make it straight! I still had to use a blow dryer, brush, and curling iron to smooth it, otherwise it would just frizz. It didn't even want to curl anymore.

There's a new Disney Princess called The Princess and the Frog that's comming out in Dec '09. The new disney princess is black and I think she kinda looks like she has curly hair. What do you guys think?

In some cultures (Egyptian, native southern American etc) it was considered very fashionable among the royalties.

Originally Posted by lily25

OK, in this pic, you know what REALLY scares me? I mean yeah, the shape of the head is freaky, but no - the CARVED EYES AND EYEBROWS. I know it's a sculpture, but the rest of it looks so real that to do something like that to just one portion of the sculpture is just creepy.